| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1396 Price realized: 55 GBP (Approx. 70 USD / 63 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. "Baalbek/Heliopolis"(?) mint, AD 660-680. Standing imperial figure, wearing Byzantine-style robe and crown with cross, holding long cross and globus cruciger; pellet and palm branch in left field, Є above O in right field / Large M with cross above and decorative elements around and within. Cf. DOCAB 63. 4.89g, 18mm, 12h. Very Fine. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1394 Price realized: 200 GBP (Approx. 253 USD / 231 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. "Pseudo-Damascus" mint, AD 660-680. Standing imperial figure, wearing Byzantine-style robe and crown with cross, holding sceptre and globus cruciger; bird, T and star in left field, K in upper right field / Large cursive M with cross above, stars between upright, blundered legends to left, right and in exergue. Cf. DOCAB 57; cf. SICA 580 (same obv. die?). 3.33g, 20mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. An attractive example. Estimate: 100 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1395 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. "Pseudo-Damascus" mint(?), AD 660-680. Imperial figure standing facing, holding spear over shoulder and bird; KIAXЄ (sic) / Large cursive M; cross flanked by two pellets above, two stars within, traces of inscription(?) to left and right, wavy line and five pellets below. Unpublished in the standard references; for a similar obv., cf. Roma E-111, 1395; for a similar rev., cf. I. Schulze, 'The al-wafā lillāh Coinage: A study of style' in A. Oddy, Coinage and history in the seventh century near east, Archetype Publications, 2010, p. 117, fig. 10, 5. 4.33g, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine; an usual derivative depiction of the imperial figure with spear over shoulder. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1585 Price realized: 20 GBP (Approx. 25 USD / 23 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Hims (Emesa), circa AD 660-690. Crowned Imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON downwards to left, bi-hims in Arabic and pellet to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star flanked by plain circles above, ЄMI downwards to left, CHC downwards to right, tayyib in Arabic in exergue. DOCAB 73; SICA I 546. 4.68g, 18mm, 7h. Very Fine. Estimate: 30 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1584 Price realized: 120 GBP (Approx. 152 USD / 140 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Damascus, AD 660-680. Standing imperial figure, holding sceptre and globus cruciger; bird and T in left field, ΔAMACKOC (or similar) in right field / Large M; staurogram set on crescent above, 'officina' letter below, duriba Dimashq ja'iz in Arabic around. SICA I 566-8; for similar, cf. DOCAB 55. 4.36g, 20mm, 7h. Very Fine. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1457 Price realized: 40 GBP (Approx. 50 USD / 47 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AD 640-650. Pseudo-Byzantine type, imitating the types of Constans II. ЄN T૪TO NIK, standing Imperial figure holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, NNI to left, NЄ[O] to right, CO[N] in exergue. Cf. DOCAB 9-10; cf. SICA I 508-16; Pottier, Schulze & Schulze Class IV.b. 3.46g, 23mm, 6h. Very Fine. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
